The Righteous
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The entire brief article [below] can be viewed on “The
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"When
He shall come with trumpet sound, oh, may I then in Him be found; clothed in
His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. On Christ, the
solid Rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand."
[TLH -
CPH; c. 1941 - "My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"]
The "righteous" are those who are "clothed"
with the “spiritual garments” (holy “clothes”) of Christ – His person and perfection.
They will be afforded a place in God's kingdom (heaven). Matthew 22:1-14 is a parable of Jesus, which helps in our
understanding of this “covering” of Christ’s righteousness. Also, we have Scripture’s
further description - Philippians 3:8;9:
"Yea doubtless,
and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count
them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith" - Philippians 3:8; - KJV
The righteous are children of God. They, by faith, have believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ and are God's children [Galatians 3:22-29]
as opposed to those who are God's "children of wrath," and
"children of disobedience." Ephesians 2:3 ; Ephesians 5:6
Psalm 1:1-6 -
You are either righteous or wicked. There are no gray areas with the Triune God.
Question:
How do you obtain Christ’s righteousness to be righteous?
Sinful souls are made righteous by God, by His grace, through
faith:
Please note: The bold lettering below, is for emphasis of God's
grace (undeserved mercy and
kindness) and, also for belief and faith.
Ephesians 2:5 -
"Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)" -
KJV
Ephesians 2:8;9;10 - "For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of
God: Not of works, lest any
man should boast. For we are his
workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
them." - KJV
Titus 3:5;6;7 - "Not by
works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost; which
he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made
heirs according to the hope of eternal life." - KJV
Romans 1:16 -
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek." - KJV
Romans 1:17 -
"For therein is the righteousness
of God revealed from faith
to faith: as it is written, the
just shall live by faith."
- KJV
Rom 3:22;23;24;25;26 - "Even the righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto
all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of
sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this
time his righteousness: that he
might be just, and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus."
- KJV
Romans 4:3 -
"For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed
God, and it was counted unto him for
righteousness." - KJV
Romans 4:5 -
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth
on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." – KJV
Romans 4:6 - "Even as David also describeth the blessedness
of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without
works," - KJV
Romans 4:11 -
"And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be
the father of all them that believe,
though they be not circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto
them also:" - KJV
Romans 4:13 - "For the promise, that he should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
- KJV
Galatians 2:16 -
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in
Jesus Christ, that we might be
justified by the faith of Christ, and
not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified." - KJV
See also: Hebrews 11:6 - noting that it is faith which pleases God.
Finally, it must be noted that the whole salvation (rescue) process of a human soul from eternal
damnation and alienation from God, [in hell] is
initiated by the Triune God. It is His work entirely, from beginning until
end. [Jeremiah 31:18;19 ; John 1:12;13 ; James 1:16] And, that act is
accomplished through the means of the Word of God (the Gospel). See: Romans 1:16
; Romans 10:17 ; 1 Peter 1:23
Note:
This same above article can be
viewed on “The Christian Message” – www.thechristianmessage.org - http://www.thechristianmessage.org/2012/07/righteous-the-christian-message-summer.html
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Finally, again - The entire [above] article can be viewed on “The Christian Message” website with the
highlighted Scripture links for quick viewing reference:
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